Jeannette Ward Horton and Jesce Horton want to lift up the communities that have been disproportionately hurt by the prohibition of cannabis and the prosecution of cannabis-related crimes. With the NuLeaf Project and Prosper Portland’s new spotlight on the cannabis industry, they’re setting out to do just that.

Prosper Portland, a public economic development agency, sent $150,000 through its Cannabis Business Development Program to the Horton’s NuLeaf Project, which will now set up two separate programs.